El Cadaver Exquisito | Update by Sombra   After a series of private screenings for film/video/art groups, scholars and individuals, based in the greater metropolitan area of NYC, we are in the final stage of El Cadáver Exquisito. The main purpose of those screenings was to test the cut and gather both general and specific criticism for the movie in order to help us polish the editing, and therefore, the narrative. The screenings have also smoothed out o...

A printable version of this press release is available here: http://www.freethoughtfilmfest.org/web_documents/ifffticketsalespress.pdf  Ticket Time for the International Freethought Film Festival  For Immediate Release (Tampa, March 3, 2011) Tickets sales, for the first annual International Freethought Film Festival, begin at noon on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at the Tampa Theatre box office, and on the Tampa Theatre Website. The event will take place at the iconic Tampa Theatre, located at...

  How fortunate are we film-crazy New Yorkers to have such a cinematic treasure as the Film Forum in our midst. The three-screen arthouse complex in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan has been an indispensable New York institution for over 40 years. As the only remaining independent not-for-profit arthouse theater (in a city that used to be pocketed with them), the Film Forum presents an enviable mix of the classic and the obscure, the heralded and the newly discovered. The le...

It is our great pleasure to inform that the detailed program schedule of the film screenings and other events at Plus Camerimage Festival is available for download. You will find all the necessary information about locations, dates and times there. This year the screenings within the Festival will be held in the two screening rooms of Opera Nova and 3 screening rooms of Multikino. Additionally many meetings, seminars and workshops will take place in seminar and conference rooms of Ope...

The capacity crowds suggested it. The enthusiasm around town supported it. And now the numbers prove it! The Virginia Film Festival, which wrapped up an extraordinary, jam-packed weekend featuring 132 films and events for the whole community to enjoy, has shattered its all-time records in both attendance and sales.The Virginia Film Festival is presented by the University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.By the time the final credits rolled on its last film late Sund...

EditFest NY, the east coast version of American Cinema Editor’s successful EditFest series, launched last weekend at The Director’s Guild Theater in Manhattan. Kicking off at the DGA on June12 & 13th, the event was followed by Certification Sunday at Manhattan Edit Workshop on Sunday. The attendees, who came from New York and states surrounding, included working editors, professionals from related disciplines, industry experts and students. EditFest NY is presented by American Cinema Ed...

On the weekend of June 12 & 13, EditFest NY makes its east coast debut at the Directors Guild of America, 110 W. 57 Street, New York. EditFest, presented by American Cinema Editors (ACE) and Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop), will feature panels, hands-on technology training and an opening night gala reception. Aimed at content creators and those who work with them in the creative and the post production process, EditFest presents an opportunity to hear and meet a rare gathering of the industr...

eDIT 11. Filmmaker's Festival bestows Festival Honors 2008 to editor Anne V. Coates, ACE for her inspiring creative contributions to filmmaking. Anne V. Coates will personally accept the honors on occasion of the Festival Opening Gala on September 28th. With more than 40 professional years, Anne V. Coates is one of the most influential editors in the film business. Her work covers great films from five decades, such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Greystoke - Lord of Apes (1984), In the Line of Fi...

  Contents Artistic IdentityThe Job of the DirectorIdentifying Your Themes as a DirectorDeveloping Your Story IdeasChecklistScreencraftScreen GrammarSeeing with a Moviemaker's EyeShooting ProjectsChecklistWritingThe ScreenplayThe Process of WritingAdaptation from Art or LifeStory Development StrategiesScene-Writing ExercisesChecklistAesthetics and AuthorshipPoint of ViewGenre, Conflict, and DialecticsStructure, Plot, and TimeSpace, Stylized Environments, and PerformancesForm and StyleCheck...

In an exciting new development for film buffs and filmmakers in the Austin area, the Austin Movie Show has joined forces with the Wolfpack Film Group to bring independent filmmakers a place to showcase their work.Nuno's on Sixth will be hosting the Wolfpack Film Screenings (WPFS) on Wednesday nights starting May 2, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. The the Oaks in Manor will be hosting screenings on Friday, Saturday, and Sundays (Time TBA).The Wolfpack Film Group is one of the fastest growing well equiped film...

London Launch - 3rd November Single Shot - a major new initiative that provokes new ideas about the ways we view, interact with, and understand the moving image - launches in London on 3rd November 2006, the starting-point of a five-month tour of cities across England. Single Shot is a multi-platform touring programme of moving image works drawing on two distinct commissioning strands; a series of specially commissioned works by well-known artists working in film and video (including George Ba...

You Only Get One Shot…Leading British artists and exciting new talents seize the chance to make vibrant single-take pieces for multiple moving-image platformsLondon Launch - 3rd NovemberSingle Shot - a major new initiative that provokes new ideas about the ways we view, interact with, and understand the moving image - launches in London on 3rd November 2006, the starting-point of a five-month tour of cities across England.Single Shot is a multi-platform touring programme of moving image works ...

Arts Council England and the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund are proud to announce the launch of Single Shot – a major new initiative that provokes new ideas about the ways we view, interact with, and understand the moving image.Single Shot is a multi-platform touring programme of moving image works drawing on two distinct commissioning strands; a series of specially commissioned works by well-known artists working in film and video (including George Barber, Ori Gersht and Paul Rooney), an...